6 Q’s About the News

In “Despair Drives Guantánamo Detainees to Revolt,” Charlie Savage writes about the toll that indefinite detention is taking on prisoners, and the problems it presents for the United States government. The Opinion piece “Gitmo Is Killing Me,” by the Guantánamo prisoner Samir Naji al Hasan Moqbel, describes the plight of one detainee. Read both to answer the questions below:

WHO is being held at Guantánamo?

WHERE is the prison located?

WHEN did the first prisoners arrive at Guantánamo?

WHY are prisoners being held there?WHY are prisoners holding a hunger strike?WHY did guards raid Camp Six?WHY is the government having such a hard time closing the prison?

HOW many prisoners were originally sent to Guantánamo by the Bush administration?HOW many prisoners are being held at Guantánamo now?HOW many prisoners are holding a hunger strike?HOW is the prison staff force-feeding detainees on hunger strike?

WHAT have intelligence agencies claimed about some past Guantánamo detainees who were released?WHAT are some of the legal, ethical and financial problems the United States faces in keeping the prison open indefinitely?WHAT do you think the United States should do with the prison at Guantánamo?